Also related to the Maspero issue, Counselor Tharwat Hammād, the judge tasked by the justice ministry to investigate the acts of violence outside the state radio & TV building, ordered the release of three media people – Ibrāhīm al-Sayyād, the head of the news sector, 'Abd al-'Azīz al-Hilw, the editor-in-chief in the sector, anchorwoman Rashā Majdī.

The three were under investigation on charges of inciting acts of violence that erupted in Maspero on October 9, 2011, which left dozens of Coptic protesters killed or wounded. They denied the charge.